Job Information
Erie 1 BOCES Teacher, Visually Impaired 0524-0009 in West Seneca, New York
Location: Erie 1 BOCES Special Education Services E1B Education Campus West Seneca, NY
Assignment: Itinerant
Annual Salary: $46,138 to $53,414 Based on experience and certification $1,750 w/ Masters Degree
Hours: 7:15 AM - 2:45 PM
Exceptional package including but not limited to: Employment - Erie 1 BOCES (https://www.e1b.org/en/about-us/employment.aspx#Great-Benefits)
Paid annual Holidays
Generous Paid Personal/Sick time
Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%)
Medical Insurance waiver allowance
Life insurance at NO cost to you
FSA plan
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
NYS Retirement System
403b AND 457 retirement plans
General Responsibilities: Assess new and current students for speech services using appropriate assessment tools/methods, write cohesive evaluation reports, make appropriate service recommendations, develop IEP goals and objectives, collect data and keep accurate records, successful behavior strategies to encourage students.
Specific Responsibilities:
Assesses students, both informally and formally, in order to provide an individualized classroom program.
Designs plans and appropriate activities to reach individual pupil IEP's.
Provides an individualized education program for visually impaired students consistent with state education mandates and the program's goals and requirements.
Establishes a classroom environment that provides for the student's social/emotional and behavioral needs as well as academic needs including specific systems of motivation to students.
Assists and counsels’ students in making realistic assessments of their abilities in establishing educational and/or career goals.
Keeps attendance records and other reports/records pertinent to the program.
Provides, when warranted, continuous consultation and/or management outside the classroom to appropriate personnel.
Provides assistance to students with regular class assignments.
Assists in screening, evaluating, and recommending placement of students in the school's program.
Works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers and staff who have students with disabilities interpreting their abilities, disabilities, and meeting the individual needs of the student.
Assists other professional staff members in identifying, recommending, and resolving psychological or disciplinary actions unique to the student.
Confers frequently with parents, professional staff members, building level social/emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential.
When appropriate, coordinates and supervises work experience and on-campus job training programs involving students with disabilities.
Participates, when appropriate, in continuous professional growth and development related to the field of teaching and/or specific area(s) of expertise.
Job Qualifications
Must hold valid NYS Teaching Certification in Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI)
Masters degree in education preferred
Must be willing and able to travel within Erie 1 BOCES component districts
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH MAY 23, 2024
Position Start Date:08/27/2024
Application Deadline:05/23/2024
Job Number: 0524-0009